Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyoneโs privacy, to destroy someoneโs sense of self.
Jodie FosterI've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together.
Jodie FosterActing just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.
Jodie FosterThere's absolutely no sort of acknowledgment or reward for this - except for the intangible of my kids growing up to be wonderful people.
Jodie FosterI think I missed all of the wonderful things ... I missed the control that you have in film, and I missed getting it right, really getting it right, the way you hope people will see it. All of the things that people love about theater - the fact that it changes every night and that it's so spontaneous - all of those things just frighten me.
Jodie Foster